160,000 Species
Threatened
According to recent
studies, world
temperatures would rise
by 3 degrees centigrade
in the next 90 years and
the sea level would do
so by 1 metre in the
same period.
This poses a death
threat on 30 percent of
the species in Costa
Rica, meaning that
160,000 species of
plants and animals would
die.
Many of the amphibians,
corals, and reptiles
would not survive such
an increase in
temperature.
The environment would
suffer major changes and
the natural views of
Costa Rica as we enjoy
them now would be
unknown to future
generations.
According to a biologist
Ana Fonseca, from the
University of Costa
Rica, corals are
currently living at the
top temperature in which
they can do so – 28
degrees centigrade – and
an additional degree
would mean the end for
50 percent to 82 percent
of them.
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